Jewish Romania: The Yeshua Tova Synagogue, Bucharest
One last Bucharest temple with guide Eduard (romaniajewishtours.com and medievaltours.com) at the Yeshua Tova Synagogue. Yeshua Tova is an ultra-Orthodox Synagogue run by the Chabad Lubavitch, a Hasidic sect who incorporates the teachings of Kabala/Kabbalah. Hmm, I wonder if Madonna or Demi have ever visited this Synagogue...
Yeshua Tova Synagogue was built in 1827, renovated in 2007 and very easy to find, located only a few blocks from University Square. It is Bucharest's oldest synagogue.
On a side note that has nothing to do with Judaism, there was a wonderful bakery across the street - great cheese rolls!
Jewish Romania: The Great Synagogue of Bucharest
Wonderful Guide Eduard (romaniajewishtours.com and medievaltours.com) escorted us through the remnants of Jewish Bucharest and filled heads to bursting. The first stop was to the Great Synagogue of Bucharest which is also a Holocaust Museum, built in 1845-1846.
A Jewish presence in Bucharest was first documented in 1550 and the Jewish community was once the largest minority community in Bucharest.
I'll let Eduard dispense information in this and subsequent videos since he communicated the facts so well. Eduard, who is NOT Jewish, is a perfect example of how important it is for all peoples to visit important religious sites throughout the world. The ex-Marine (husband, Steve) and I are forever lighting candles in Churches, making kora (circumambulating around a Buddhist sacred site), and even a Jain pilgrimage. Have got to cover all eventualities, right?
Romania's stunning synagogues
From the wooden Baal Shem Tov synagogue to the magnificent Coral Temple, Jewish heritage sites are being restored to their former glory across Romania. Before the Holocaust, Romania was home to one of Europe's largest Jewish communities. These are some of the many beautiful synagogues of Romania!
Jewish Romania: The Holocaust Memorial, Bucharest
Another stop with guide Eduard (romaniajewishtours.com and medievaltours.com) at the Holocaust Memorial which was dedicated in 2009 and designed by Romanian sculptor Peter Jacobi.
The Romanian Government has only recently owned up to its part during the holocaust. Between 280,000 and 380,000 Romanian and Ukrainian Jews, and 25,000 gypsies (Roma) were killed by Romanian civilian and military authorities in Romania and areas it controlled during World War II.
Many were slaughtered in pogroms (already talked about in the video taken inside the Great Synagogue) while others were transported to labor camps, primarily Auschwitz.
What can I say...
Jewish Romania: The JCC, Bucharest
Still on the move with guide Eduard (romaniajewishtours.com and medievaltours.com), the next stop was at the very active Bucharest JCC, Jewish Community Center to meet with enthusiastic Shai, Deputy Director of Development Programs here.
Volunteers work their buns off providing support to Romanian Holocaust survivors and other remaining members of the Jewish community. They furnish meals to the indigent, a gathering place for adults and children in a warm environment, and even have a radio station open to anyone with something to say! A wonderful place that does so much good...
Jewish Romania: Holy Union Synagogue of Tailors Museum, Bucharest
Steve and I kept on going with guide Eduard (romaniajewishtours.com and medievaltours.com) to the Holy Union Synagogue of Tailors, now a Jewish History Museum. This temple managed to survive in its entirety through both World War II and Ceausescu (Romania's last Communist leader) who was intent on destroying anything having to do with religion. Built in 1850 by the Jewish Tailors' Guild of Bucharest, this stunning temple had Moorish, Romanesque and Byzantine elements.
Displays inside included a collection of books, paintings of and by Romanian Jews, and archives of Romanian History.
Jewish Romania: The Brasov Synagogue
While walking through old Brasov, one of the seven walled citadels settled by the Saxons, guide Cristi led us past a synagogue founded in 1901. Closed today, a Saturday (Sabbath), it is open Monday-Friday, 10:00a-1:00p.
Jews were given permission to live in the Saxon section in 1807, a rare privilege since only Saxons were allowed inside the core of this city; Romanians were only allowed enter the inner Citadel at certain times.
The Brasov Jewish community now numbers about 230 since many families left for Israel after World War II.
Romania: Jewish headstones vandalised at Bucharest cemetery
The President of the Jewish Community in Bucharest Paul Schwartz inspected the damage inflicted to 11 Jewish headstones in Giurgiului Jewish Cemetery in the Romanian capital, Thursday.
SOT, Paul Schwartz, president of the Jewish Community in Bucharest (Romanian): So if indeed there were some children who admit to doing all this, behind them there must be someone very powerful, very well organised, and who has paid them generously, because there cannot be any other explanation.
Paul Schwartz, president of the Jewish Community in Bucharest (Romanian): This is beyond any explanation, why the very same monuments are targeted again after eight years and destroyed. This is unimaginable, I want to tell you that in Germany even Hitler himself did not dare to touch a single Jewish cemetery.
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A Mish Mosh of Bucharest, Romania
This video is exactly what it says, a mish-mosh of history, historic buildings, differences in Romanian wine, and other sights seen over two brief days in Bucharest.
Every street in Bucharest was filled with Art Nouveau, Gothic, Romanesque, Neo-something or another homes - often derelict, but still beautiful. The parking situation amazed us - cars seemed to park willy-nilly in double and triple rows while attendants appeared to make sense of it all and would issue a parking slip which the driver would then pay. Bucharest is an amazing city!
NEOLOGIC SYNAGOGUE ORADEA ROMANIA
2014 Watch Day - Great Synagogue of Iaşi, Romania
Watch Day at the Great Synagogue of Iaşi was organized as a cultural event to celebrate Jewish religion and tradition. The activities included guided site visits of the site, concerts of traditional Jewish music, and arts and crafts for school children focused on the synagogue.
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The old synagogue in sighet romania
The old synagogue in sighet romania
MUSMEAH YESHUA SYNAGOGUE YANGON
MUSMEAH YESHUA SYNAGOGUE YANGON is great but JEWISH CEMETERY YANGON is shockingly NEGLECTED by the. Trustees of MUSMEAH YESHUA SYNAGOGUE YANGON who should keep the JEWISH CEMETERY YANGON well maintained like they do the SYNAGOGUE . The trustees of MUSMEAH YESHUA SYNAGOGUE must respect our dead in the jewish CEMETERY YANGON and must assist us when we come to YANGON to visit the JEWISH cemetery YANGON which is run by the Musmeah YESHUA sYNAGOGUE yANGON. The JeWisH CemeteRY Yangon is full of snakes and scorpions.
Yeshua in the Synagogue
The gospels frequently make note of Yeshua attending local synagogues. Why do you think he attended?
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Visiting Brasov's Jewish Synagogue
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תפילה בבית הכנסת העתיק בברשוב רומניה- THE OLD SYNAGOGUE IN BRASOV ROMANIA
תפילה בבית הכנסת בעיר ברשוב שברומניה
לזכר נספי השואה.
Shabaton la Sinagoga (mare) Ortodoxa din Oradea, Romania.
La data de 9 Sep. 2017 in Sinagoga (mare) ortodoxa din Oradea s-a tinut un eveniment multiplu. La evenimentul respectiv, in afara de participantii si organizatorii comunitatii evreiesti locale impreuna cu reprezentanti ai mai multor organizatii, culte si partide politice din Romania, Israel, S.U.A si Ungaria. au fost invitati si liderii religiosi locali.
oikotimes.com: Finland, Romania, Austria, Israel, Azerbaijan, France live in Tel Aviv, Israel
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בית הכנסת של קהילת קלוג' נפוקה ברומניה בחבל טרנסילבניה. . ROMANIA. Sinagoga Neologă din Cluj.
בית הכנסת של קהילת קלוג' נפוקה ברומניה הוא מהיפיםמפוארים מבתי הכנסת שראיתי ברחבי אירופה. בתי הכנסת בארץ צנועים לעומת זאת מסתבר שלפני כ-100 שנים בנו בתי כנסת מעוררי הערצה. אתר ביקור חובה לכל יהודי. בעתיד אני מאמין שיהפוך לאתר עליה לרגל כמו בתי הכנסת בפראג.